Philosophical Foundations
Nursing education has a long standing history with using this type of philosophy as a curricular underpinning
Behaviourism
Emancipatory curriculum that embraced the 'guide on the side' role for faculty
CBL
This theory emphasizes the importance of background knowledge in learning new content
Constructivism
Max Wertheimer was the founder of this well known cognitivist theory which focused on the basic principle that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Gestalt
Knowledge is created by the learners is the central tenet of this education philosophy
Constructivist
This pedagogy focusses on the 'lived experiences' of teachers/students and patients
Narrative
This theory challenges students to confront injustice and inequality
Social Learning
The use of positive and negative reinforcement and punishment to ensure learning occurs can be first credited to this Russian physiologist
Ivan Pavlov
Students are encouraged to freely choose their own path in a curriculum based on this teaching philosophy (emancipatory pedagogy)
Humanism
This type of pedagogy's central goal is to create an authentic and egalitarian relational student- teacher dynamic
Emancipatory Pedagogy
This theory prioritizes internal motivation and encourages learning through curiosity
Humanism
Knowles's theory specific to adult learning
andragogy
This philosophical approach has a focus on the application of knowledge to practice
Pragmatism
This pedagogy was the first in nursing to encourage 'thinking about thinking'
Narrative
This theory makes use of incentives and rewards to promote learning
Bahviourism
Kolb proposed this humanistic learning model based on the process of reflective learning (perceiving and processing)
Experiential learning model
The philosophical perspective of realism supports the belief that reality is found in the physical world and truth is observable. This old school teaching philosophy emanated from a realism perspective
Behaviourism- learning through positive reinforcement with the teacher providing knowledge
The primary role of educational philosophies for nursing education is to support faculty to do this important task
engage students and learn ways to engage in the process of teaching
This theory makes use of Socratic dialogue and is supported by information processing and human developmental theories
Cognitivism
This constructivist pioneer advocated for curriculum changes to support the notion that students construct new ideas based on their current knowledge
Jerome Bruner